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Shannon Airport 1991–2020 averages
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TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
mean daily max |
8.9 |
9.4 |
10.9 |
13.4 |
16 |
18.3 |
19.5 |
19.1 |
17.5 |
14.2 |
11.1 |
9.2 |
14 |
mean daily min |
3.3 |
3.3 |
4 |
5.8 |
8.1 |
10.8 |
12.6 |
12.4 |
10.7 |
8.1 |
5.5 |
3.7 |
7.4 |
mean temperature |
6.1 |
6.3 |
7.5 |
9.6 |
12 |
14.5 |
16 |
15.8 |
14.1 |
11.2 |
8.3 |
6.4 |
10.7 |
absolute max. |
14.7 |
15.5 |
19.6 |
23 |
27.8 |
32 |
30.2 |
29.2 |
25.6 |
21.9 |
17.2 |
15.4 |
32 |
min. maximum |
-2.4 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
12.2 |
13.4 |
14.3 |
10.7 |
7 |
0.8 |
-6 |
-6 |
max. minimum |
11.5 |
12.2 |
11.7 |
13 |
14.4 |
17.8 |
18 |
18.6 |
17.5 |
16.2 |
13.3 |
12.6 |
18.6 |
absolute min. |
-11.2 |
-5.1 |
-5.8 |
-2.9 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
6.2 |
4.4 |
1.7 |
-2.3 |
-6.6 |
-11.4 |
-11.4 |
mean num. of days with air frost |
5.2 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
0.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
4.4 |
20.3 |
mean num. of days with ground frost |
13 |
11.8 |
11.9 |
7.7 |
2.9 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
8 |
11.3 |
70.9 |
mean 5cm soil |
5 |
5.1 |
6.6 |
9.4 |
12.9 |
16 |
17.2 |
16.5 |
14.2 |
10.7 |
7.7 |
5.6 |
10.6 |
mean 10cm soil |
5.1 |
5.2 |
6.4 |
9 |
12.3 |
15.2 |
16.6 |
16.1 |
14 |
10.8 |
7.9 |
5.8 |
10.4 |
mean 20cm soil |
5.8 |
5.9 |
7.1 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
15.3 |
16.7 |
16.5 |
14.7 |
11.7 |
8.7 |
6.6 |
10.9 |
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) |
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mean at 0900UTC |
87.8 |
87.9 |
85 |
79.3 |
76.2 |
76.6 |
80 |
82.3 |
85.1 |
87.4 |
89.9 |
88.9 |
83.9 |
mean at 1500UTC |
81.2 |
75.4 |
69.8 |
64.1 |
63.5 |
64.6 |
69.3 |
69.1 |
70 |
75 |
81 |
83.5 |
72.2 |
SUNSHINE (hours) |
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mean daily duration |
1.7 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
3.9 |
3 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
greatest daily duration |
8.1 |
10.2 |
11.5 |
13.6 |
15.6 |
15.8 |
15.7 |
14.4 |
12.2 |
10.1 |
8.3 |
7.1 |
15.8 |
mean num. of days with no sun |
9.1 |
5.9 |
5.3 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
5.1 |
7.7 |
10.1 |
56 |
RAINFALL (mm) |
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mean monthly total |
103.8 |
86.7 |
75.8 |
62.3 |
63.1 |
69.6 |
75.8 |
87.6 |
77.4 |
95.5 |
106.6 |
115.4 |
1019.7 |
greatest daily total |
38.2 |
33.8 |
34.8 |
40.2 |
25.0 |
45.3 |
39.5 |
51.0 |
52.3 |
36.9 |
29.4 |
33.5 |
52.3 |
mean num. of days with >= 0.2mm |
21.3 |
18.3 |
18 |
16.2 |
16.2 |
15.5 |
18.3 |
19 |
17.7 |
19.9 |
21.6 |
21 |
223 |
mean num. of days with >= 1.0mm |
16.9 |
13.9 |
13.4 |
11.4 |
12.1 |
11.3 |
13.5 |
13.7 |
12.9 |
15.4 |
16.8 |
17.2 |
168.5 |
mean num. of days with >= 5.0mm |
7.8 |
5.8 |
5.5 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
5.8 |
4.8 |
7 |
8 |
8.5 |
72.2 |
WIND (knots) |
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mean monthly speed |
10 |
10.1 |
9.6 |
9.2 |
9 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
8.9 |
9.1 |
9.7 |
9.1 |
max. gust |
75 |
86 |
63 |
66 |
52 |
51 |
52 |
61 |
58 |
66 |
69 |
83 |
86 |
max. mean 10-minute speed |
47 |
61 |
44 |
45 |
37 |
37 |
38 |
44 |
44 |
47 |
50 |
57 |
61 |
mean num. of days with gales |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
7.5 |
WEATHER (mean no. of days with..) |
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snow or sleet |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
1 |
5.9 |
snow lying at 0900UTC |
0.2 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
hail |
3.1 |
3.4 |
2.8 |
2 |
0.7 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
1 |
2.3 |
16 |
thunder |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
5.2 |
fog |
3.4 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
1 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
4 |
3.8 |
28.3 |